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The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1975-09-04

The Amherst news-times. (Amherst, Ohio), 1975-09-04 page 1

I 10 Years . Of Press Freedom Jin Amlae July 1975 i I -1 , 1 ii. KJ w 1875 w w w w w w v. w w w w w w w w w W M M 1 1 MM 11 Mlilllilill 111111 M w w wwww HMMM ViKiliiKllKllllilllilililli)i Jul Now is the time, if you please, to 0 come to grips with the problem of increasing high costs of education. Some will say, "Why now? We've just negotiated and approved a new pay pact with the teachers." The answer to that is, we can no longer afford to procrastinate. A decision must be made on: how pay pacts are arrived at; how pay increases should be awarded; and how much longer we are going to permit teachers unions, school boards and school superintendents to lobby away our right to sit jn, hear and contribute dialogue -on how much and in what way our money is to be spent. . I am sure some will question M whether or not this editorial should "The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress." have been written. Some will question whether or not this is the appropriate time to discuss a subject school officials and teacher unions insist is beyond our comprehension and should be arrived at in a smoke - filled room with doors barred to you --who eventually pay the bills - and to the press who represents you. However, this I do believe is the appropriate time to discuss the entire issue. It is an appropriate time because we can discuss methods of arriving at a way to negotiate equitable salary schedules for teachers without a "gun at our head.'' In Amherst, we are fortunate in that we have teachers' . pay settled for at least another year - but somewhere along the line we'll have to make some cuts (where??? perhaps time will tell.) That those things having been settled makes the present time the most appropriate time to correct inequities that exist in the methods we use to arrive at our annual teacher salary schedules. llSllSOQlltmSIl Perhaps the first issue to examine should be the secrecy in which negotiations are conducted. We recognize that no settlement will be arrived at expediously if everyone at a negotiating session is negotiating. However, why should we not be permitted to sit in on the discussions between negotiators and hear just what is taking place? What occurs that must be kept from our ears? We firmly believe that per cent across the board pay increases are inequitable. We further believe this method to be unfair to that segment of the teaching staff we have been told most needs the pay increase. We believe the dollar across the board pay raise to be the most equitable -- with everyone getting the same dollar increase. We would like to give you an example of what we mean when we say the one method is more equitable than the other. We have just granted a 7.79 per cent across the board pay increase in the Amherst Exempted Village School District. Simply, under our school system's salary schedule a beginning teacher with a Bachelor of Science degree and no prior teaching experience would receive a starting pay of $8,300 - a teacher with no prior experience but with a master's degree and 20 extra hours of education, would receive $9,196; a teacher with the same educational background but with 12 years teaching experience would receive $13,280 and $15,770 respectively. Spelled out that means that the beginning teacher, entering the Amherst school system in the 1975-76 school year will earn $600 more than, his counterpart did in 1974-75, providing he has only a bachelor's See Page 11 Edward Cokefl i hmmmmmmsmt&, Vol 57 NO 36 15 Page 1 ; September 4, 1975 Ni975 MBpiI.WIIWllliJMlH ' Jf P'-hJi hi l'P y- rl k V & - ' f . - r 2, I ir XX' JU - : ' A - Robert Wiersum Is New Harris Principal Robert Wiersum, 27, was hired by the Amherst Exempted Village Board of Education, as principal of Harris Elementary School at a salary of $15,000 for one year (210 days). He replaces Bud Dingwall who resigned last month and moved to Akron. A former elementary teacher at Grafton Elementary School, he was chosen from a field of 12 applicants. Wiersum received his Bachelor of Science degree in sociology and educational administrtion from Concordia Teachers College, Ne-ward. Neb. and a Master's of Education Administration degree from Akron University this year. In other action the board, at their special meeting Aug. 27, also: HIRED Sophie Garwell as first . grade instructor at Powers Elementary School. Her salary will be $8,326. Also hired was Nancy Rankin as an instructor of Learning Behavior Disability students at See page 8 Amherst Plans Bi centennial Presentation THE RAIN DIDN't dampen Elizabeth Bonner's spirits or her cookies as she enjoys a treat on the sidewalk in downtown Amherst SaturdayElizabeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bonner, 603 North Main St., is in fifth grade at St. Joseph's Catholic School. Comets Open SeasonTomorrow "Due largely to the early effort and teamwork of Larry Dobos and Joe Druga, the City's planning and organization has earned "Bicentennial Community" status for Amherst," said Fred Leimbach, executive BY JIM HORVATH Tomorrow night, the 1975 football season gets , underway for the Amherst Comets as they take on the Lorain Catholic Spartans. It will be the fifth meeting between the two teams with the series tied 2-2. This year's Comets have 12 returning lettermen. They are: seniors, Steve Fackler, Rick Zvosec, Jody Clow, Joe Huber, Ed Wagner, Kevin Greiner, Dan Jasinski, Joe Recznik, Dale Swift and John Yashan; and juniors, Paul Sliman and Mickey Kocorek. A problem for Yochheim this year could be inexperience of his young comet squad. He lost 17 Dan Yochheim starts his fourth year as head coach players, most of them starters, through graduation. of the Comets. His assistants are John Benson, Jack O'Flanagan, Ralph Mayer and newcomers John Hoover and Tim English. Under Yochheim, the Comets are 16-12-1 and were 1973 Lakeland Conference champsions. 1 i Seniors again will dominate the starting line up, but only two of them, offensive linemen Fackler and Zvosec, started last year. Comet offense will be led by quarterback Huber with Kocorek backing him up. The backfield consists of Sliman and seniors Guy Orseno and John Zocchi at fullback; Recznik, Swift and Yashan, along with Kocorek, will fill the halfback positions. The offensive line will have seniors Fackler and Clow or juniors Jeff Essig and Tom Botamer at guard, senior Dave Young at center and senior Ken Bring and junior Greg Sauer at tackle. The tight end will be senior Zvosec, with senior Kevin Stipe backing him up. The split end will be senior Wagner. ; The Comet's front four will have senior Jasinski, Stipe, Essig and Ed Leaver at defensive end and Dave Lengyei, ioung, sauer ana zvosec at tacKies. Orseno, Yashan and Clow will play outside linebacker with Terry Murello, Sliman, Fackler and Botomer playing the inside. Defensive backs will be Recznik, Swift, Wagner, Kocorek and Huber. Yochheim has said he will keep the number of players on both offense and defense to a minimum so that he can get the most out of his line up but secretary of Amherst Sandstone Bicentennial Committee. The Steering Committee met last night to discuss plans for a ceremony at which Amherst will be presented with the official Bicentennial flag and other citations from the Ohio American Revolutionary Bicentennial Advisory Commission. All plans concerning the ceremony will be released through The Amherst News-Times, so that Amherst residents will be kept informed, Leimbach said..' Lemibach also called attention to the letter which asked the local group to arrange for presentation. The letter 'follows: Dear Mr. Dobos: It is my pleasure to inform you Amherst See Page 1 1 Boy Scouts Enjoy Fun If merit badges can be earned for having a good time at an amusement park, area Boy Scouts . will be bringing home dozens after spending Saturday from 12 noon until 8 p.m. at Cedar Point in Sandusky. .' Proclaimed as "Firelands Area Council Fun Day," the event offers Boy Scouts and family members a $4.75 admissioa rate, as compared to the regular $7 fee. Tickets may only be purchased from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Every registered Cub, Scout or Explorer and their leaders in Lorain, Erie and Huron counties are eligible, as well as members of their families. For boys wishing to become a new Scout, arrangements have been made to provide registration facilities right at the Cedar Point gate. Boys and their families can then come to the park, register and also take advantage of their special day. All boys registered count toward pack or den growth committment. Upon arriving at Cedar Point, all Scouts are requested to check in with their district at the main gate. Uniforms are also in order for this day. . 1 A a -A- . AMHERST ATHLETIC BOOSTER Club member ship drive is underway A family membership is added he will Use a player both ways it necessary. $5.00 per year. Thiq year Comet Booster buttons like above will be given with each membership. Although this year's ! squad lacks size and They will be available at the first Booster meeting experience, Yochheim remains optimistic about the Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Marlon L. Steele High upcoming season. "The team has a good attitude," School. There will also be a Booster booth for says Yochheim, "and the guys aren't afraid to membership at the first two home football games work." , Sept. 19 and Oct. 3, or you may mail your dues to: V Amherst Athletic Booster Club, P.O. Box 44, Kick-off tomorrow night is at 8 p.m. at Lorain Amherst, Ohio 44001. - Catholic's home field. 3!' ) xi3,f "MPm fir p p h hr;7:A! .gw 11 h ' OPE..! :u i Y I- L . " H. : : : : READY FOR SCHOOL. Three Amherst children grader at Central School; Sandra DaxsJcki, 10, spent part of their day Saturday getting school daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Danickl, .969 suDniies at Dma Mart. 211 Iavltt Road. Pictured Milan Ave., a third crader at Harris Liementarv r , .( , , . r , o j, , 4 Mrs. Arthur Roose, 1651 Westwood Drive, a fifth at Powers Elementary School,

I 10 Years . Of Press Freedom Jin Amlae July 1975 i I -1 , 1 ii. KJ w 1875 w w w w w w v. w w w w w w w w w W M M 1 1 MM 11 Mlilllilill 111111 M w w wwww HMMM ViKiliiKllKllllilllilililli)i Jul Now is the time, if you please, to 0 come to grips with the problem of increasing high costs of education. Some will say, "Why now? We've just negotiated and approved a new pay pact with the teachers." The answer to that is, we can no longer afford to procrastinate. A decision must be made on: how pay pacts are arrived at; how pay increases should be awarded; and how much longer we are going to permit teachers unions, school boards and school superintendents to lobby away our right to sit jn, hear and contribute dialogue -on how much and in what way our money is to be spent. . I am sure some will question M whether or not this editorial should "The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress." have been written. Some will question whether or not this is the appropriate time to discuss a subject school officials and teacher unions insist is beyond our comprehension and should be arrived at in a smoke - filled room with doors barred to you --who eventually pay the bills - and to the press who represents you. However, this I do believe is the appropriate time to discuss the entire issue. It is an appropriate time because we can discuss methods of arriving at a way to negotiate equitable salary schedules for teachers without a "gun at our head.'' In Amherst, we are fortunate in that we have teachers' . pay settled for at least another year - but somewhere along the line we'll have to make some cuts (where??? perhaps time will tell.) That those things having been settled makes the present time the most appropriate time to correct inequities that exist in the methods we use to arrive at our annual teacher salary schedules. llSllSOQlltmSIl Perhaps the first issue to examine should be the secrecy in which negotiations are conducted. We recognize that no settlement will be arrived at expediously if everyone at a negotiating session is negotiating. However, why should we not be permitted to sit in on the discussions between negotiators and hear just what is taking place? What occurs that must be kept from our ears? We firmly believe that per cent across the board pay increases are inequitable. We further believe this method to be unfair to that segment of the teaching staff we have been told most needs the pay increase. We believe the dollar across the board pay raise to be the most equitable -- with everyone getting the same dollar increase. We would like to give you an example of what we mean when we say the one method is more equitable than the other. We have just granted a 7.79 per cent across the board pay increase in the Amherst Exempted Village School District. Simply, under our school system's salary schedule a beginning teacher with a Bachelor of Science degree and no prior teaching experience would receive a starting pay of $8,300 - a teacher with no prior experience but with a master's degree and 20 extra hours of education, would receive $9,196; a teacher with the same educational background but with 12 years teaching experience would receive $13,280 and $15,770 respectively. Spelled out that means that the beginning teacher, entering the Amherst school system in the 1975-76 school year will earn $600 more than, his counterpart did in 1974-75, providing he has only a bachelor's See Page 11 Edward Cokefl i hmmmmmmsmt&, Vol 57 NO 36 15 Page 1 ; September 4, 1975 Ni975 MBpiI.WIIWllliJMlH ' Jf P'-hJi hi l'P y- rl k V & - ' f . - r 2, I ir XX' JU - : ' A - Robert Wiersum Is New Harris Principal Robert Wiersum, 27, was hired by the Amherst Exempted Village Board of Education, as principal of Harris Elementary School at a salary of $15,000 for one year (210 days). He replaces Bud Dingwall who resigned last month and moved to Akron. A former elementary teacher at Grafton Elementary School, he was chosen from a field of 12 applicants. Wiersum received his Bachelor of Science degree in sociology and educational administrtion from Concordia Teachers College, Ne-ward. Neb. and a Master's of Education Administration degree from Akron University this year. In other action the board, at their special meeting Aug. 27, also: HIRED Sophie Garwell as first . grade instructor at Powers Elementary School. Her salary will be $8,326. Also hired was Nancy Rankin as an instructor of Learning Behavior Disability students at See page 8 Amherst Plans Bi centennial Presentation THE RAIN DIDN't dampen Elizabeth Bonner's spirits or her cookies as she enjoys a treat on the sidewalk in downtown Amherst SaturdayElizabeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bonner, 603 North Main St., is in fifth grade at St. Joseph's Catholic School. Comets Open SeasonTomorrow "Due largely to the early effort and teamwork of Larry Dobos and Joe Druga, the City's planning and organization has earned "Bicentennial Community" status for Amherst," said Fred Leimbach, executive BY JIM HORVATH Tomorrow night, the 1975 football season gets , underway for the Amherst Comets as they take on the Lorain Catholic Spartans. It will be the fifth meeting between the two teams with the series tied 2-2. This year's Comets have 12 returning lettermen. They are: seniors, Steve Fackler, Rick Zvosec, Jody Clow, Joe Huber, Ed Wagner, Kevin Greiner, Dan Jasinski, Joe Recznik, Dale Swift and John Yashan; and juniors, Paul Sliman and Mickey Kocorek. A problem for Yochheim this year could be inexperience of his young comet squad. He lost 17 Dan Yochheim starts his fourth year as head coach players, most of them starters, through graduation. of the Comets. His assistants are John Benson, Jack O'Flanagan, Ralph Mayer and newcomers John Hoover and Tim English. Under Yochheim, the Comets are 16-12-1 and were 1973 Lakeland Conference champsions. 1 i Seniors again will dominate the starting line up, but only two of them, offensive linemen Fackler and Zvosec, started last year. Comet offense will be led by quarterback Huber with Kocorek backing him up. The backfield consists of Sliman and seniors Guy Orseno and John Zocchi at fullback; Recznik, Swift and Yashan, along with Kocorek, will fill the halfback positions. The offensive line will have seniors Fackler and Clow or juniors Jeff Essig and Tom Botamer at guard, senior Dave Young at center and senior Ken Bring and junior Greg Sauer at tackle. The tight end will be senior Zvosec, with senior Kevin Stipe backing him up. The split end will be senior Wagner. ; The Comet's front four will have senior Jasinski, Stipe, Essig and Ed Leaver at defensive end and Dave Lengyei, ioung, sauer ana zvosec at tacKies. Orseno, Yashan and Clow will play outside linebacker with Terry Murello, Sliman, Fackler and Botomer playing the inside. Defensive backs will be Recznik, Swift, Wagner, Kocorek and Huber. Yochheim has said he will keep the number of players on both offense and defense to a minimum so that he can get the most out of his line up but secretary of Amherst Sandstone Bicentennial Committee. The Steering Committee met last night to discuss plans for a ceremony at which Amherst will be presented with the official Bicentennial flag and other citations from the Ohio American Revolutionary Bicentennial Advisory Commission. All plans concerning the ceremony will be released through The Amherst News-Times, so that Amherst residents will be kept informed, Leimbach said..' Lemibach also called attention to the letter which asked the local group to arrange for presentation. The letter 'follows: Dear Mr. Dobos: It is my pleasure to inform you Amherst See Page 1 1 Boy Scouts Enjoy Fun If merit badges can be earned for having a good time at an amusement park, area Boy Scouts . will be bringing home dozens after spending Saturday from 12 noon until 8 p.m. at Cedar Point in Sandusky. .' Proclaimed as "Firelands Area Council Fun Day," the event offers Boy Scouts and family members a $4.75 admissioa rate, as compared to the regular $7 fee. Tickets may only be purchased from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Every registered Cub, Scout or Explorer and their leaders in Lorain, Erie and Huron counties are eligible, as well as members of their families. For boys wishing to become a new Scout, arrangements have been made to provide registration facilities right at the Cedar Point gate. Boys and their families can then come to the park, register and also take advantage of their special day. All boys registered count toward pack or den growth committment. Upon arriving at Cedar Point, all Scouts are requested to check in with their district at the main gate. Uniforms are also in order for this day. . 1 A a -A- . AMHERST ATHLETIC BOOSTER Club member ship drive is underway A family membership is added he will Use a player both ways it necessary. $5.00 per year. Thiq year Comet Booster buttons like above will be given with each membership. Although this year's ! squad lacks size and They will be available at the first Booster meeting experience, Yochheim remains optimistic about the Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Marlon L. Steele High upcoming season. "The team has a good attitude," School. There will also be a Booster booth for says Yochheim, "and the guys aren't afraid to membership at the first two home football games work." , Sept. 19 and Oct. 3, or you may mail your dues to: V Amherst Athletic Booster Club, P.O. Box 44, Kick-off tomorrow night is at 8 p.m. at Lorain Amherst, Ohio 44001. - Catholic's home field. 3!' ) xi3,f "MPm fir p p h hr;7:A! .gw 11 h ' OPE..! :u i Y I- L . " H. : : : : READY FOR SCHOOL. Three Amherst children grader at Central School; Sandra DaxsJcki, 10, spent part of their day Saturday getting school daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Danickl, .969 suDniies at Dma Mart. 211 Iavltt Road. Pictured Milan Ave., a third crader at Harris Liementarv r , .( , , . r , o j, , 4 Mrs. Arthur Roose, 1651 Westwood Drive, a fifth at Powers Elementary School,